The Agony of Defeat Macbeth’s “way of life is fall’n into the sear, the yellow leaf / And that which should accompany old age / As honor, love, obedience, troops of friends / He must not look to have” (V. iii. 22-26). The quotation means that Macbeth has lost all feeling and compassion as a […]

On that fateful day in September 2001, the power structure and power of government forever became thwarted. With the constant fear of acts of terrorism, the United States has became inundated with the notion that spying is alright because “it’s for the good of the people.” Where as, in reality, surveillance when entrenched with the […]

“I don’t want to mess this up.” I believed her. Maybe it was because I wanted to feel the same exact thing. Or perhaps I was at a place where I couldn’t picture not being with her. But when she said, I really did believe her. It was a genuine response to a question I […]

“Honesty is the best policy.” Doesn’t every kid hear that growing up? Yet you realize that when a child turns into an adult, that same maxim is often treated as trash on the street. Why do many adults abuse honesty to such a grand percentage? And I’m not saying every adult does this, but look […]